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File 1356/1912 Pt 2 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople. (Mohammerah Boundary)' [‎320r] (648/680)

The record is made up of 1 volume (334 folios). It was created in 26 Aug 1912-4 Sep 1913. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Observations on the Portion of Dervish Pashas Book {Chapters XIX to XL) dealing
with the Ancient frontier between Turkey and Persia from the Pegwn of
Howeizeh to the Chigan Pass in Suleimanieh.
IN this portion of Dervish Pasha’s book the reasons which he considers would
enable Turkey to claim the line in question are given by him in considerable detail.
Before, however, dealing with the various points raised by Dervish Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , it is neces
sary to observe that in Chapter X\ III of his book, translation of wdiich was forwarded in
Sir Gerard Lowther’s despatch No. . r >20 of the 19th June, the range stretching from the
hill called Dem Shah and the Haft Ah Mountains, which, according to him, constitute
the Kebir Kuh, had already been claimed by him as the original frontier between
Turkey and Persia, though he adds that “no entry or document showing that the
frontier passes by the said places had been found.”
Chapter XIX.
In the immediately succeeding chapter (chapter 19 of the present translation)
Dervish Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. gives, apparently in support of his case, a long history, derived from
information supplied to him by the Kara Ulouss tribe (Turkish subjects) and by
other persons, of the Feili Lurs and of their encroachments on the Pusht-i-Kuh
district, the result of which would appear to be that these encroachments began at
a period at most some seventy-seven or eighty years previous to 1855, the Pusht-i-
Kuh itself being then uninhabited. The general tenor of Dervish Pasha’s argument
would certainly seem to be that the Beni Lam tribes vrere the original proprietors of
parts at least of the Pusht-i-Kuh encroached upon by the Feili Lurs, but bis statements
in this respect are not clear, while the very vague assertion contained in the information
supplied to him by the “trustworthy person” of the Bahia tribe, viz., that the latter
had formerly lived in the Pusht-i-Kuh, can hardly he said to have any value. The
point which seems to be chiefly deserving of attention is the recommendation with
which Dervish Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. concludes his argument on this part of the question, viz., that it
would be better to give up the idea of claiming these Feili Lurs as Turkish subjects and
to claim only the Pusht-i-Kuh lands in which they dwell now. A pretext for so doing
would, he considers, be found in the Let that should the Persians raise the objection
that the Pusht-i-Kuh is inhabited by Persian tribes, they would lay themselves open to
the rejoinder that in that case certain localities in the Mohammerah and Dizful regions,
inhabited by the Beni Lam tribes—Turkish subjects ab antiquo —should belong to
Turkey.
Chapter XX.
Chapter XX contains the summaries of two reports from the Bedrai people and
Beni Lam tribe respectivelv, dealing with the present frontier chiefly as aflecting the
localities called Bedrai, Bagsai, Beyyat, and Diluran. As regards Bedrai, while the
report of the latter place states that the lands between the Kunjajem (Ganjianchun ;
War Office map of South-Eastern Turkey in Asia, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. sheet) and Gavy up to
their junction at Makhlat belong to the Feili tribes, it does not seem to be made clear
what part of the right side of the former river is claimed as belonging to Bedrai. The
Beni Lam statement as regards the lands between the Kunjajem and the Gavy is that
they “ used to be in our possession, but that since then the sons of Hassan Khan of the
Feili tribe have begun to levy a poll tax on the Feili tribes there. As regards Bagsai,
Beyyat, and Diluran, the general tenor of both these reports would seem to indicate
that only the first-mentioned locality remained on the lurkish side, for though Dervish
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , in Chapter XXI, considers the report of the Beni Lam tribe to be more accurate
as stating that these three places “ are m possession of the Beni Lam, he omits all
mention of the statement of the latter that “only Bagsayeh (Bagsai) is left” (to
Turkey). It will not escape notice that, m speaking of the Duveindj, the Bern Lam
report explicitly states that the left side of that river is Persian (the Bedrai report is
that the left side (of the Duveiridj) belongs to Howeizah).
Chapter XXII.
In Chapter XXII, Dervish Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. then proceeds to give in some detail two
alternative lines which, according to him, formed the old frontier from the Kebir Kuh
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The volume discusses the ongoing negotiations in Constantinople between the Ottoman, British and Russian Governments through 1912 and 1913 regarding the Turco-Persian Frontier. Also discussed is the decision in July 1913 to establish a delimitation commission to which Albert Charles Wratislaw and Arnold Talbot Wilson are appointed as representatives of the British Government.

Also discussed in the volume is the region of Kermanshah and in particular Qasr-i-Shirin [Qaşr-e Shīrīn], along with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's concerns over the rights accorded to them in their 1901 concession should some of that territory be ceded to Turkey.

Further discussion relates to the movements of Russian and Turkish troops near the frontier and the withdrawal of Turkish troops from certain places along the frontier.

This volume is part two of two. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (334 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1356 (Turco-Persian Frontier) consists of 2 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/266-267. The volumes are divided into 2 parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 334; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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